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hathead
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Posted 2 months ago
Sun Sep 13 2009 19:53:15
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/27704806@N00/3917996592/
we were carefully unpacking boxes that we packed before thermal treatment.
they were checked before we sealed them by our trusty beagle
but unknown to me my partner packed every photo and sentimental piece of paper she ever had- - and that was a lot of boxes!!
so everything is going into the packtite anywayi think this might have been crawling around the garden anyway
but could have come out of the contractor bagi don't really think this is a bedbug- but too nervous to let it go
and won't kill something unless it is truly a threat to me
as i hate to take a life needlesslythis site has been a lifesaver!
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spideyjg
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Posted 2 months ago
Sun Sep 13 2009 20:01:45
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Not a BB. Toss it in the garden.
Jim
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hathead
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Sun Sep 13 2009 20:02:42
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thank you so much!
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thebedbugresource
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Posted 2 months ago
Sun Sep 13 2009 22:57:24
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It is a beetle.
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spideyjg
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Sun Sep 13 2009 23:24:05
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thebedbugresource - 21 minutes ago »
It is a beetle.Just curious Sean what kind of beetle do you think that is? I thought the head was beetleesque but didn't see the elytra seam which is my main target to toss something into the beetle category.
Only thing I was sure of was it not being a BB.
Jim
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No, it's not a beetle.
It's a nymph of a burrowing bug (family Cydnidae) -
thebedbugresource
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Posted 2 months ago
Mon Sep 14 2009 23:36:08
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I stand corrected. As you can see it was late when I posted :)
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Doesn't it look like it has a tattoo of itself (going in the other direction) on its back? That's kind of neat.
A sort of mise en abyme...
(I need to get out more!)
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Louise
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Tue Sep 15 2009 19:00:56
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Nobugsonme - 18 hours ago »
Doesn't it look like it has a tattoo of itself (going in the other direction) on its back? That's kind of neat.
A sort of mise en abyme...
(I need to get out more!)Huh! I learned something (non-bed-bug-related) new here today! I never knew there was an actual term for such a thing.
Thanks!
Louise
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Adele
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Tue Sep 15 2009 21:58:38
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Tattoo indeed
nobugs you've been watching too much LA Ink on TV......
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Wed Sep 16 2009 13:22:57
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Adele, what do you think bed bugs would get as tattoos if they got them?
Little pictures of their conquests?
Hypodermic needles?
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Adele
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Posted 2 months ago
Wed Sep 16 2009 17:21:59
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:)
could not even speculate on that one - it's too bizarre to think about
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